When is Azure finlandcentral greenest?
Carbon-aware scheduling · updated 2026-08-04 08:37 UTC
The Azure finlandcentral region runs in Helsinki, Finland, on the Finland electricity grid. educk forecasts when that grid is greenest — using day-ahead wind & solar and demand data from ENTSO-E — so you can schedule carbon-aware workloads (batch jobs, CI, model training, backups, data pipelines) for the cleanest hours.
- Wind and solar are forecast to cover about 35% of Finland's electricity demand around 08:45 UTC.
- Renewable output peaks around 11:45 UTC at roughly 42% of demand — the greenest time to use electricity today.
- The renewable share dips to about 1% around 17:30 UTC, when grid electricity is at its most carbon-intensive.
Hourly grid forecast for Azure finlandcentral
| Time (UTC) | Renewable (MW) | Demand (MW) | Surplus (MW) | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tue 08:30 | 3113 | 9190 | -6077 | 34% |
| Tue 08:45 | 3210 | 9223 | -6012 | 35% |
| Tue 09:00 | 3341 | 9305 | -5964 | 36% |
| Tue 09:15 | 3414 | 9315 | -5901 | 37% |
| Tue 09:45 | 3559 | 9305 | -5746 | 38% |
| Tue 10:00 | 2498 | 9301 | -6803 | 27% |
| Tue 10:15 | 3680 | 9290 | -5610 | 40% |
| Tue 10:30 | 2601 | 9278 | -6677 | 28% |
| Tue 10:45 | 3778 | 9267 | -5488 | 41% |
| Tue 11:00 | 3811 | 9246 | -5434 | 41% |
| Tue 11:15 | 3823 | 9227 | -5404 | 41% |
| Tue 11:30 | 3834 | 9209 | -5374 | 42% |
| Tue 11:45 | 3846 | 9190 | -5344 | 42% |
| Tue 12:00 | 3822 | 9168 | -5346 | 42% |
| Tue 12:15 | 3804 | 9147 | -5343 | 42% |
| Tue 12:30 | 3787 | 9126 | -5339 | 41% |
| Tue 12:45 | 3770 | 9105 | -5336 | 41% |
| Tue 13:00 | 3734 | 9072 | -5338 | 41% |
| Tue 13:15 | 3705 | 9057 | -5352 | 41% |
| Tue 13:30 | 3676 | 9047 | -5371 | 41% |
| Tue 13:45 | 3647 | 9032 | -5384 | 40% |
| Tue 14:15 | 3590 | 9016 | -5426 | 40% |
| Tue 14:30 | 660 | 9000 | -8340 | 7% |
| Tue 14:45 | 3497 | 8984 | -5487 | 39% |
| Tue 15:00 | 3381 | 8959 | -5579 | 38% |
| Tue 15:15 | 3272 | 8937 | -5665 | 37% |
| Tue 15:30 | 3163 | 8914 | -5751 | 35% |
| Tue 15:45 | 3054 | 8891 | -5837 | 34% |
| Tue 16:00 | 2849 | 8866 | -6017 | 32% |
| Tue 16:15 | 2745 | 8839 | -6094 | 31% |
| Tue 16:30 | 2640 | 8811 | -6171 | 30% |
| Tue 16:45 | 2536 | 8784 | -6248 | 29% |
| Tue 17:00 | 2462 | 8753 | -6291 | 28% |
| Tue 17:15 | 2369 | 8722 | -6352 | 27% |
| Tue 17:30 | 111 | 8690 | -8579 | 1% |
| Tue 17:45 | 2356 | 8659 | -6303 | 27% |
| Tue 18:00 | 2358 | 8578 | -6221 | 27% |
| Tue 18:15 | 2391 | 8570 | -6180 | 28% |
| Tue 18:45 | 2458 | 8578 | -6121 | 29% |
| Tue 19:00 | 2533 | 8590 | -6057 | 29% |
| Tue 19:15 | 2572 | 8598 | -6026 | 30% |
| Tue 19:45 | 2649 | 8590 | -5941 | 31% |
| Tue 20:00 | 2675 | 8496 | -5821 | 31% |
| Tue 20:15 | 2694 | 8434 | -5740 | 32% |
| Tue 20:30 | 2714 | 8373 | -5659 | 32% |
| Tue 20:45 | 2733 | 8312 | -5578 | 33% |
| Tue 21:00 | 2736 | 8195 | -5459 | 33% |
| Tue 21:15 | 2744 | 8133 | -5390 | 34% |
| Tue 21:30 | 2751 | 8072 | -5320 | 34% |
| Tue 21:45 | 2759 | 8010 | -5251 | 34% |